GWAR destroyed a Chappell Roan banger in the best way possible while participating in a newly revived cover song video series. These Virginia natives descended upon Chelsea Studios in New York City to perform their heavy version of Pink Pony Club. The group wore their standard grotesque costumes to turn the glittery pop track into a loud metal spectacle.
This video franchise returned recently after vanishing for several years. Viewers might remember when these same musicians kicked off the reboot with a rendition of I Am Just Ken from the Barbie movie soundtrack. They seemingly enjoy wrecking unexpected hits, considering this fresh choice originally focused on queer identity and Hollywood dancing.
Frontman Berzerker Blöthar claimed...
Shoegaze hipsters finally get a win with this legendary reissue. Rocketship plans on repressing their cult classic debut album, A Certain Smile A Certain Sadness, via Slumberland Records to mark three decades of existence. Collectors know this record has remained out of print forever, which made owning a physical copy nearly impossible until this upcoming release drops in March.
The band also scheduled a quick run of West Coast shows to support the vinyl drop. These gigs mark their first live appearances in eight years. Stops include The Chapel in San Francisco and The Starlet Room in Sacramento before hitting The Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles. They finish up north at The Sunset Tavern in Seattle and Mississippi Studios in Portland...
Goth rock just lost a serious foundational pillar this week. Kenny Morris died at sixty-eight, although nobody has publicized a specific cause yet. John Robb verified the loss of this original Siouxsie And The Banshees drummer. He shaped post-punk on albums like The Scream and Join Hands before exiting the lineup early on.
His primitive hammering left a massive mark despite such a short tenure. Stephen Morris from Joy Division called him a major inspiration, while Lol Tolhurst wrote about that monochromatic power inside his text, Goth. The aesthetic relied heavily on his big black kit rather than sunny hippie gear.
This London native attended the 100 Club Punk Festival, where Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin played an improvised set...
Verizon finally coughed up some cash after bricking phones nationwide. The carrier plans on dropping a twenty-dollar credit to subscribers impacted when service vanished across the United States. Messages will go out soon instructing regular users to claim funds via the myVerizon application. Business accounts are getting contacted separately regarding their specific compensation details.
This payout is actually quadruple the five bucks AT&T handed out during an earlier failure. Verizon claims this amount covers service costs for several days. Management insists this money merely acknowledges wasted time rather than fully fixing the disaster.
Connectivity died completely for many users. Apple iPhones displayed strictly SOS status...
Amazon is back at it again with video game adaptation tea just one day after spilling the Kratos casting beans. This time, they dropped the first legit look at Sophie Turner suited up as Lara Croft for their Tomb Raider series over on Prime Video's X account. The caption straight up said, "Get your artifacts out. Lara's on her way." No cap.
Turner locked down this role back in September 2025 when Amazon also confirmed filming kicks off in 2026. Last week, they stacked the deck with Jason Isaacs playing Lara's treasure-hunting uncle and Sigourney Weaver as some shadowy figure who clearly knows Lara's skills could save lives. The full cast list reads like a who's who, including Martin Bobb-Semple, Jack Bannon, and Celia Imrie, but...
NVIDIA has revealed another GeForce NOW Thursday lineup for January 2026, adding nine more games to its cloud streaming library. Some were already known, like Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, but this week also brings fresh additions such as Star Wars Outlaws and The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon.
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check leads the pack. Published by Devolver Digital, it casts players as a checkpoint officer screening people entering a quarantine zone. One bad call can let the infection spread, turning you into the last line of defense for a society already on the edge.
Here are the games joining GeForce NOW this week.
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check (Steam, January 12, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
Star Wars Outlaws...
Apple’s cheap iPhone might finally ditch the notch, but the screen stays stuck. A Weibo leaker called Digital Chat Station says the iPhone 17e is on the way soon, rocking a 6.1-inch LTPS OLED panel locked at 60Hz, even as the regular iPhone 17 gets a smoother 120Hz ProMotion experience.
Dynamic Island reportedly replaces the old cutout, and Face ID remains part of the package. Power is said to come from Apple’s A19 chip, with chatter pegging it around 5 to 10 percent quicker than the A18 found in the iPhone 16e.
Signs point to the 17e already rolling through mass production, following reports tying the ramp-up to the period after CES wrapped up. Connectivity rumors stick it with a C1-series modem, while skipping an N1 chip.
Charging...
Guild Wars fans just got handed another reason to spiral with speculation about ArenaNet’s next move. Back when Park Byeong, who’s filling in as chairman at NCSOFT, couldn’t keep Guild Wars 3 under wraps during a chat with investors, people clocked that ArenaNet wasn’t quite ready to drop the big news. Their PR shuffle was all about how updates and expansions for Guild Wars 2 were the main deal, but nobody missed the part where they stopped short of flat-out denying anything.
Fast-forward to the present, and a new job listing has set the subreddit detectives loose again. ArenaNet is after a contract senior writer-slash-narrative designer, and it’s for a project that’s not Guild Wars 2. The wildest clue? Applicants have to be fluent in...
RuneScape just turned 25, and Jagex is betting everything on what comes next. The long-running MMO hit its anniversary with a massive cash push, a rebrand into Jagex The RuneScape Company, and promises of serious long term support across the entire franchise. The plan covers fresh content, expanded development, and bigger ambitions rather than nostalgia laps.
The studio rolled out a celebratory video outlining its direction, highlighting the return of RuneFest at a scale larger than any previous version and revisiting the game’s evolution from a browser experiment into a genre lifter. Leadership framed the milestone as shared territory, crediting the community as the reason the game still exists at this size.
Future plans stretch...
